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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A LAWN BORDER PLANTING FURNISHING A SCREEN 



In this border planting both evergreens and deciduous trees have been used. The large tree in the center 

 of the picture is a Pin Oak and the light colored pyramidal tree at the right is the Blue Spruce. In the 

 background may be seen the tops of Norway Spruce. 



the effects produced by these screen plantings, but as a 

 general rule best results are obtained Dy selecting one 

 kind of tree for the bulk of the planting and allowing this 

 to become the dominating feature. 



In addition to the sheltering and the screening of any 

 particular kind of grounds as a whole there are special 

 parts that are 

 capable of 

 most satisfac- 

 tory develop- 

 ment when 

 screened from 

 the surround- 

 ings. For ex- 

 ample, home 

 grounds are 

 convenie nth- 

 divided into 

 lawns and 

 meadows ; gar- 

 d e n areas, 

 recre ation 

 grounds and 

 play courts, 



service sections and building areas. 

 The most effective treatment of any, 

 or of all these parts, may be made 

 when each is comfortably sheltered 

 and securely screened from the 

 others 



One of the most popularly de- 

 ciding factors in selecting trees for 

 planting on home grounds has been 

 their ornamental value. Any nur- 

 seryman will admit that his best 

 sellers are the trees that have some 

 striking characteristic. This may be 

 the reason why many front lawns 

 that have been "landscaped" will ex- 

 hibit in the most strategic location 

 such gaudy and glaring trees as 

 Koster's Blue Spruce and Catalpa 

 Bungii. But skilled plantsmen will 

 inform us that a "showy" tree is not 

 artistically the "whole show" in it- 

 self. Each individual tree should 

 bear the proper relation to those 

 that are near it and the entire assort- 

 ment should be a pleasing composi- 

 tion with no startling and inharmo- 

 nious effects. This idea of selecting 

 trees for their values in making good 

 compositions will be found to be the 

 principle in all recognized landscape planting. This is 

 the reason why a planting plan is so essential in securing 

 satisfactory results where more than a few ornamental 

 trees are to be planted. 



Any home grounds, either in whole or in part, that 

 are large enough to demand the use of a number of 



WHITE PINE ON THE COUNTRY ROADSIDE 



For shade and shelter along highways the White 

 Pine is admirably used. It may be used also for 

 windbreaks and other shelter plantings. 



ornamental trees usually will have some special char- 

 acter of its own. To select trees for planting this sort 

 of an area that will emphasize the character of the land 

 is the key to the situation. One would not seriouslv 

 think of selecting for a hilltop the type of trees naturally 

 found in the low meadows. While this may have been 



done thought- 

 lessly many 

 times, it is no 

 criterion for a 

 planter. Plant 

 such trees as 

 would natur- 

 ally grow on 

 the particular 

 area. In loca- 

 ting them, use 

 judgment and 

 artistic 

 sense to secure 

 attractive 

 landscape pic- 

 tures as re- 

 sults. T h ere 

 are certain ornamental trees that do 

 not "mix well" with other trees. 

 These may be used as specimens and 

 should be planted at some distance 

 from nearby trees where there is 

 sufficient space for individual de- 

 velopment. Among these specimen 

 trees there are some that are dis- 

 tinctly formal in outline. Other 

 trees are picturesque in their genera! 

 expression. Many trees used for 

 specimen purposes are neither de- 

 cidedly formal or strikingly pictur- 

 esque, but are easy-flowing in their 

 outlines and are graceful in their ex- 

 pression. 



Among the formal trees there are 

 evergreens such as the Austrian Pine 

 and the Red Cedar and deciduous 

 trees such as the Horse-chestnut, the 

 Norway Maple, the English Haw- 

 thornes and the Lindens. 



For trees possessing a pictur- 

 esque character there are many of 

 the Oaks, the Birches, the Poplars 

 and nearly all of the Pines. Perhaps 

 the Pine most striking in form is the 



Pitch Pine, which grows in barren 

 soil such as on Cape Cod and along 

 the sea coast of New Jersey. 



The American Elm is probably the most noticeabh 

 example of a tree of the deciduous sort full of grace and 

 easy-flowing lines. The Red Maple is another graceful 

 tree. For a large graceful evergreen, nothing surpasses 

 the Hemlock. Where this would be too large for use 



